Railed barrier.



D. B. BUDIN.

I mun-:0 BARRIER. APPLICATION FILED NOV 6. 19!]- 1,280,614. v Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

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DAVID Bjsmsm, oFBRooK YN, iinw ronxnssrenoa or own-H LF To SAMUEL BAUMOI-IL, or'lxmw YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that L'DAVID B. BnDIN, 'a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brook-' lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have'invent'ed anew and Improved Railed Barrier, of which'the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. 1 f

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view 'arez-to prevent the accidental disl-odgment ofa barrier of thecharac'ter mentioned; to provide means for installing a barrier of the charactermentioned; to lap themarginal casings or to fit between the same; and to simplify the constructionandassembly of the parts forming the barrier.

Figure 1 is structed and arranged in accordance w th the present inventlon;

"Fig. 2 is a cross'secti'on 011 an enlarged scale of one of the expanding rails,-rthe section being taken as on the'line 22 in Fig. 1; v

Fig. 3 is a cross section 'on an enlarged scale showing a fragment of a window casing andya top'view' of a portion of the bar-' rie'r, the section being taken-as on the line 33 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing in perspectivethe upper corner of the barrier and the means for securing the same 1n service;

- 5 is a detail view :on an'enlarged scale and in section. showing one of, the lower'hanging plates and, ad acent frame, the section being taken as on the l1ne 55 Fig. 6

application of'the barrier and'the'iha'ndling devices therefor.

Description...

As seen in the drawings, barriers "when constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, have a series rof rails 11. One end of each'of the rails is fixedly attached to an upright stile 12. The free ends of the rails 11 are provided with metal loops 13 and 1 1. The loops 14 are preferably attached to one of the rails 11 at the upper and lower edges of the barrier. Each of the a face view of a barrier conloops 14 is tapped to provide screw threads for engaging threads on thumb screws 15,

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the ends whereof bear on the companion rail" 7 to bind the lapped rails together for deter mining the width of the spread of said rails.

alinement during the expanding or con tracting of the'barrier or while the stiles 12 are being separated or drawn together;

Barriers of the character jshownin the accompanying drawings and herein de-f scribed are intended for use in connection with window open1ngs,-entrances to stair ways, and door openings, where it is sought to prevent vany person from falling outof or passing through the openings. 'One'of the chief purposes for' which the invention is intended, is to prevent the accidental fall ing from a window when a person is spreading or collecting laundry. When'eniploying the barrier in this connection, the win-f nently secured on said stiles. .iThe upper" plates 19, as shown bestin Fig. 4 of the From the foregoing, it is obvious that'the loops 13 and 14: being permanently attached to one of therails 11 and normally sliding on the other, the rails are maintained '1 in drawings, may be extended above the upper end of said stiles." The lower plates are preferably disposed intermediate the ends. 1 of the stiles and adjacent the lower ends is a detail view on an enlarged scalejp'artly in section, showing a modified thereof.'- The stiles 12 arecut away to form recesses'20, which recesses are covered or.

partly covered by the plates 119,}as seen best' ing from the hole 18, a slit 21. The slit 21 is suificiently wide to receive the shank of the screw 17 and sufliciently narrow to permit thepassage therethrough of the head of said screw. 7

As shown. best in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, each flange of the plates 19 is provided with an eyelet of the character mentioned. As one of the flanges rests 1n a plane parallel with the plane of the carrier the outlet in said flan e ma en a e 7 b b b hanging devices disposed in the face of the opening frames. In this manner, provlslon is made for installing the barrier in service on windows or' other openings where the molding or shape of the openingis not,

conducive to the employment of the barrier. I

The plates 22 are slidably mounted on the ends of the stiles 12. Each plate is prO- vided with alongitudinal slot 23,-thr0ugh which the shank of a screw 24 extends. The

screws 24 uide the plates 22 in their movelifted, the heads of the screws 17 may pass through the enlarged openings 18 of the eyelets in the plates 19, and release the barrier which may then become-dislodged from its service location. Theadvantage of this construction will be recognized when attention is drawn to the fact that these barriers are employed for preventing children leaning out of or falling from window open ings, or from doors or other entrance openings to stairways, shafts, or similar loca tions.

As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the plates 22 may be constructed from angle metal, the flanges 26 whereof extend across the face of the stiles l2 f0r convenient manipulation by the person adjusting the barrier to the standing structure with which it is associated. It will also be observed that when the plate 22 is moved forward, it covers the recess or opening 20, and passes under the head of the screw 17, whether the same be arranged as shown in Fig; 8 or as shown'in Fig. 6. I

i Claims.

1. A barrier as characterized, and hanging members therefor embodying apluralityof vertically disposed angle plates, the perpendicular flanges whereof being provided with inverted eyelets; a pluralityof sliding plates adapted forengaging said angle plates intermediate the ends of said 'eye lets; and means for'locking said sliding Copies this patent ma y be obtained for plates in service position for preventing the retraction thereof from engagement with said angle plates.

2. A device as characterized comprising a plurality of telescopically connected members; a plurality of vertically disposed angle plates fixedly mounted on said members at the'opposite extremes thereof said angle plateshavingeach an eyelet for engaging a fixed hanger member; a movable locking plate mounted on the first mentioned mem bers for. engaging said hanger member when disposed as in service; and means for looking said platein the locked position thereof with said hanger member. V

3. A barrier as characterized having vertical side stiles; a plurality of suspension members for said barrier, said members embodying angle plates, each having inverted eyeletsin the opposite flanges thereof, said angle plates being disposed on the exposed corner of each of said stilesto engage suspension members placed in a standing structure in a plane parallel with the plane of nently mounted on said barrier at the 6X3 posed corners thereof, said angle plates hav ng inverted eyelets formed therein and supportmg members having screw-like heads adapted for extension through an enlarged portion of each of said eyeletsysaid heads being adapted to overhang the edges of the contracted portions ofisaid eyelets,

and a plurality of locking, angle plates slidably mounted on said barrier at the exposed corners thereof adjacent the first-mentioned angle plates, toslide in guided relation to said barrier in lines perpendicular to the flanges of the first-mentioned angle plates, anda plurality of screw members for clampingxsaid lockingplates in service relation and in engagement with said hanging plates and said supporting members.

DAVID B. BUDI N.

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